[Kal (Andrew)]

So I recently bought a new mobile phone after my old samsung galaxy s2 died. It has a bigger screen, better camera, more storage, it's faster, all good until I start getting annoying information pull requests.

By information pull requests, I mean I go to a corner shop to get a burger, and I'm asked to rate the experience. I go for a walk to the park, and because I'm near a bus stop, I'm asked if they have seats available there and how many.

Now I have nothing against companies using their customers to get information, however, I do hate how the default settings on the phone is to send notifications to you.

My phone is nothing more than a TOOL, that I use, to communicate when I choose, to look up information when I choose, to entertain myself when I choose.

My mobile phone is NOT a tool for companies to use to pull information from me!

I have had to disable dozens of notifications settings across multiple android apps to stop these annoying information pull requests!

/rant

So, is your phone a tool you use, or are the companies making a tool out of you?